Over at reason.com, scribe Brian Doherty ID three firearms-related legal cases that could make it to the Supreme Court. NRA v. BATFE deals with handgun sales to Americans under 18. New York State Rifle and Pistol Association [NYSRPA] v. City of New York deals with The Big Apple’s “asininely picayune restrictions” (Doherty’s words) for transporting firearms outside the home. To my mind Drake v. Filko is the big kahuna. “This suit challenges New Jersey’s Handgun Permit Law for carrying weapons outside the home, a law upheld so far by both the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs argued that requiring a potential gun carrier to prove to the police a ‘justifiable need’ involving specific previous threats is an unconstitutional prior restraint on their Second Amendment rights.” A Supreme Court ruling could eliminate “may issue” concealed carry licensing regimes, and restore deprived (not depraved) Americans’ gun rights. Fingers crossed. [h/t Pascal]
Let’s be consistent: guns do not save lives or make us safer. Guns do not commit mass murder and guns do not shoot the mass murderer. People w/ guns do all that; they are tools. But yes, legal access to those tools is better than not.
Power to the people?
IF we get a favorable ruling from SCOTUS on the New Jersey issue we can only hope that it is an incorporated ruling, like McDonald, otherwise it is a lot of effort for limited results.
A ruling that virtually eliminates the “may issue” back door gun control would be marvelous! You can bet the vote will be 5 to 4, however it comes out. Personally I would suggest putting extra security on the conservative leaning justices in order to prevent an Obama appointee throwing off the balance. Just sayin’.
I have an ALICE pack and an Enhanced Tactical Loadbearing Vest (former USGI) with an ALICE pistol belt, butt pack and canteens (this is my SHTF gear). It was cheap, and USGI, and I saw no reason to buy the fancy new chest rigs and plate carriers. Then when I tested it the darn thing the canteens beat my hips to smithereens at any pace faster than a slow walk.
Now I’m waiting for the right time to get a BDS Tactical rig with an integrated hydration pouch carrier.
First gotta get my basic AR built (parts and 80% are on the way). Stage 2 of AR build is practical attachments (Aimpoint PRO, quad rail, vert grip, light).
Then gotta figure out how to exercise my privilege of buying a handgun in HI.
IF (and that is a big IF) SCOTUS were to hear it I would expect them to have to come down on the side of ‘shall issue’, they practically did in Heller saying that D.C. MUST issue Heller a license unless he is a prohibited person.
After reading Doherty’s article, I think SCOTUS might take Drake due to the Third Circuit’s convoluted reasoning as to why the NJ law is not a imposition on the 2nd Amendment. Claiming that just because something has been in customary usage doesn’t make it constitutional. Just look at Dred Scott or Plessey v Ferguson.
I read the title as “Is Drake the next Hitler” and thought “Woah wtf did that singer dude say to piss off Farago?”
If Drake v FIlko actually goes to conference in the next few months (current deadline is jan 9th, i looked it up) I expect a denial. There was not enough of a split for them to take Woollard. 0-2 on carry cases so I think we (they) need to see more cards before granting cert. I seem to recall the NJ supreme court has a carry case of its own, SCOTUS would almost certainly want to at least wait to hear what NJ SCOTUS says. Also, the DC law has been challenged if we can get a judge to actually rule.
I think that in most states, the carcass would have been confiscated, and the constabulary would have either shared the meat, or it would have been buried at a usual site, designated officially. You can often find these sites in roadside or cloverleafs; they are obvious on account of all the sad-looking buzzards, sitting on the soil, looking hungrily upon the earth on which they sit.
Seriously, what sort of twisted municipal mentality denies BUZZARDS a free meal?
That assumes you call the constabulary.
I would think he needs a police report for his insurance claim. He says a lot of damage was done.
Wow, and I thought people were completely off their nut for claiming they shower carry…..
Aren’t prosecutors who overcharge the worse?
I’d only buy a FN MAG/240B. Love that gun.
As a Maryland resident I was very disappointed when the Supremes declined to hear Woollard vs. Sheridan, a case about the constitutionality of May Issue. I was previously unaware of Drake vs. Filko. It sounds like if we win here, I will also win in MD.
The statistics are irrelevant because Iceland is a homogeneous society and does not have the skew that cesspool urbanite enclaves like Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and Washington DC add to the mix.
Really, if you removed all of the high-crime major cities from the US statistics, there would be nearly zero violent crime in the US.
Please explain to me why we shouldn’t just make all of the current major US cities their own countries and let them do their own thing. They all either want their own contradictory sets of rules and laws, or they want to take their contradictory rules and laws and apply them to the rest of the US instead. Let them have what they want already – complete self-rule.
Definitely a false comparison, but there are lots of factors to consider. For example, it’s a cultural thing for Icelandic people to want to shoot (which they enjoy) but not really fear their neighbors. There’s never really been a kind of Wild West vulnerability in Iceland (I have a close friend who was a missionary there a few years ago). Which means that even in the largest cities, it’s not uncommon to leave doors unlocked and to know virtually everyone who lives within a few blocks of your home. It’s a very friendly, trusting place. That’s also reflected in the major places where Icelandic people settled in the U.S., most notably Spanish Fork, Utah–you’ll find the overwhelming majority of folks are very friendly and have a love for firearms, but who don’t really have a need (yet) to pack heat for protection. When Iceland’s population becomes less than 95 percent Nordic, I expect that violent crime rates will start to change, just as it has been doing in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (see the arguments made in Mark Steyn’s “America Alone.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Alone) The Islamization of Iceland hasn’t happened, yet.
“Should we get a bigger car, or a smaller gun, mates?”
“Too close for missiles, I’m switching to guns….”
that looks like Anthony cumia’s house
Brat Patrol.
Oath Violator !!
Grand Theft Auto: Mario Kart. Coming soon from Rockstar Games.